James Gurney

This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

It's Tuesday, time for Episode 11 of the serialized audio dramatization of Dinotopia: The World Beneath. Edit: The track was only available for one week, but see below where you can find out more about the entire podcast.

The dino-strutters emerge in the Rainy Basin, which is inhabited by tyrannosaurs.

ZBS producer Tom Lopez extends the story of the illustrated book into the audio dimension, adding layers of mood and emotion, greatly enhanced by the composer Tim Clark.

The Christian Science Monitor called this production "A dazzling soundscape that does full justice to Gurney’s wondrous lost world… perfect family listening.”

Episode 12 arrives in a week. Each short episode will only be live online for one week, and then it will disappear.

I was laughing when Lee Crabb tried to explain what a Jonah was to the styracosaur. In my head I saw the styracosaur tilting its head in confusion, and its face was completely clueless as to what Crabb was talking about.